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Heresies Collective

Entity type: Organization

The Heresies Collective was founded in 1976 in New York City, by a group of feminist political artists. The group sought to, among other goals, examine art from a feminist and political perspective. In addition to a variety of actions and cultural output, the collective was responsible for the overseeing the publication of the journal Heresies: A feminist publican on art and politics, which was published from 1977 until 1993.

Caroline Bird

Entity type: Individual

Jeanne Carstensen

Entity type: Individual

Nancy Dickerson

Entity type: Individual

Lucinda Franks

Entity type: Individual

Gay Community News

Entity type: Organization

Gay Community News was an American weekly newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts from 1973 to 1999. Designed as a resource for the LGBT community, the newspaper reported a wide variety of gay and lesbian-related news. Founded as a collectively-run, local newsletter, early in the struggle for gay liberation, it was soon expanded into a major newspaper with an international readership. The publication saw itself as part an important vehicle for debating gay rights, feminism, antiracism, multiculturalism, class struggle, prisoners' rights, AIDS, and other causes. The newspaper's influence was such that it enjoyed a "national reach that was considered the movement's 'paper of record' throughout the '70s, and whose alumni at one point occupied so many leadership roles around the country that they were called the 'GCN mafia'". This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Katharine Graham

Entity type: Individual

Dahilia Kozlowsky

Entity type: Individual

Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night

Entity type: Organization

Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night was an American feminist periodical from 1976 until 1983. Founded and edited by Kay Turner, the journal primarily wrote on feminist art, history and performance with a particular focus on women's spirituality.[1]

Ms. Magazine

Entity type: Organization

Grace Moon

Entity type: Individual

Grace Moon is an artist, activist and the founder of Velvetpark: Dyke Culture in Bloom. Grace created Velvetpark at a time when lesbian and queer women were just beginning to gain visibility and truly come out in a big way in New York City. Her magazine featured queer and lesbian activists, celebrities and community leaders such as Rachel Maddow and Margaret Cho. Grace’s studio art practice spans portrait painting, drawing, design and writing. Her work in journalism and the arts investigates queer lives and communities in a sensitive, honest and vibrant manner.

off our backs

Entity type: Organization

Off Our Backs (stylized in all lowercase; oob) was an American radical feminist periodical that ran from 1970 to 2008, making it one of the longest-running feminist periodicals in the United States. Marilyn Salzman-Webb and Marlene Wicks were among Off Our Backs original founders, creating the periodical in Washington, D.C. as a response to what many felt was an underrepresentation of the women’s liberation movement in mainstream media. It was a self-sustaining periodical edited and published by a collective of women consisting mainly of volunteers who practiced consensus decision-making. Reporting on feminism-related topics, the periodical transitioned from a monthly to a bi-monthly newspaper, and ultimately to a quarterly magazine before financial difficulties led to its termination in 2008. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Jane Pauley

Entity type: Individual

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Entity type: Individual

Jane Bryant Quinn

Entity type: Individual

Marlene Sanders

Entity type: Individual

Marlene Sanders was an American television news correspondent, anchor, producer and executive who worked for ABC News in the 1960s and 1970s and moved to CBS News in 1978. She was the first woman to achieve several milestones in the then male-dominated field of television news. Shortly after joining ABC News as a correspondent in 1964, Sanders became the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast for a major network when she substituted for the regular anchor, Ron Cochran, who had become ill. She was also the first woman to report on the Vietnam War from the field. In 1976, ABC promoted her to vice president and director of documentaries, making her one of the first women to reach upper management in the field. She also won three Emmy Awards for documentaries she produced for CBS. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Gloria Steinem

Entity type: Individual

Helen Thomas

Entity type: Individual

Velvetpark Media

Entity type: Organization

Velvetpark Media is a 501(c)3, registered in the state of New York. Our Mission is to serve as a platform for artists, writers, and activists in the LGBTQI community through multi-platform publishing and an artist residency program.  Velvetpark Magazine was founded New York City by Grace Moon. The magazine was focused on the culture and arts of lesbian, dyke, butch, femme, and women identified queer and transpeople. It began as a 48 page glossy print magazine published tri-yearly. Our first print issue was released in July 2002 with a print run of 5,000 magazines.